"Princess Chang Le, how is the princess?" Empress Sun asked.
"Your Majesty, the princess suffered a miscarriage and lost too much blood, falling into a coma. When she will wake up is up to fate," Su Ruojin replied.
Empress Sun's voice was filled with anger, "You mean Hui'er won't wake up?!"
Su Ruojin showed no fear on her face and calmly replied, "I have done my best to save the princess's life. It is truly impossible to predict when the princess will wake up."
Empress Sun turned to look at Imperial Physician Wang, "Is it true, Imperial Physician Wang?"
Facing Empress Sun's anger, Imperial Physician Wang was already sweating profusely, but he had no choice but to answer with a stiff upper lip: "Your Majesty, what the Princess said is...it is true. The Princess suffered greatly during childbirth, and it's already a miracle that she survived. As for when she will wake up..."
The Imperial Physician's voice grew softer and softer, and Empress Sun understood.
She stood up, walked up to Yan Gang, and slapped him hard across the face.
Fresh blood flowed from the corner of Yan Gang's mouth.
"I took a liking to you and entrusted the princess to you, and this is how you take care of her?"
Yan Gang, his eyes red, hurriedly knelt down, his voice choked with sobs, "It was your son who failed to take good care of the princess. Please punish me, Mother."
Empress Sun closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and was about to say something when Granny Kong whispered a reminder: "Your Majesty, the Prince Consort has always been devoted to the Princess, and the Princess will still need his care in the future."
Everyone in Yuncheng knew how good the prince consort was to the princess. If the empress punished the prince consort because of this, it would inevitably cause some gossip.
The princess is currently unconscious and may never wake up again, so she will still have to rely on her husband for care.
Empress Sun was just angry, but now, after being reminded by Granny Kong, she has come to her senses.
"Fine, I hereby punish you to take good care of Hui'er for the rest of your life."
The implication is that no matter what the princess is like, Yan Gang is not allowed to marry anyone else in his life.
"Your subject will obey Your Majesty's decree." Yan Gang kowtowed heavily.
"Where is Granny Gu?" Empress Sun then realized that the nanny she had assigned to her daughter was not there.
That damned servant! The princess is in such a state, and she still dares not to be by her side to serve her.
Yan Gang spoke up, saying, "Mother, I killed Granny Gu."
"What!" Empress Sun was shocked.
“Yesterday, the princess was in so much pain that she almost fainted. I asked Granny Gu to go and fetch the princess, but she made excuses and refused to go. It took more than an hour to finally get the princess. After the princess had her accident, Granny Gu was afraid of being punished and tried to run away, but I found out and sent someone to shoot Granny Gu dead.”
Granny Gu was indeed shot to death, but the timing was slightly off, making it difficult for the Empress to find anything.
"Why did it take so long for Granny Gu to invite the princess?" Empress Sun asked meaningfully.
She knew that when Granny Xie went to invite Su Ruojin last time, Su Ruojin kept putting it off.
Su Ruojin looked completely innocent. "Your Highness, when Granny Gu went to the Zhao residence, she only said that the princess was ill, but she didn't say anything specific. I was taking a bath at the time and thought that the princess had the same illness as before, so I didn't pay any attention to it. I came to the princess's residence after I finished bathing."
Looking back now, perhaps Granny Gu didn't want anyone to know that the princess had miscarried, which is why she said that. If I had known the princess's condition was so urgent, I certainly wouldn't have wasted any time.
Under normal circumstances, let alone a princess, even a young lady from an ordinary official family would have a long bathing process, which is understandable.
Empress Sun knew better than anyone how Anxing's child came to be.
The imperial physician had also said that if Anxing couldn't keep this pregnancy, she would be unable to conceive in the future. Under these circumstances, it was understandable that Granny Gu didn't want others to know about the princess's condition.
"Mother, if you don't believe me, you can send someone to investigate whether what I said is true."
Yan Gang's fearless expression made Empress Sun somewhat unsure of what to do.
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